Seeking Alpha by Adding Beta

New Hampshire gave a notice to USA - be a ready to be Trumped and Berned! Get months back no one would have thought that it would come to this. Everyone was thinking that it would be 1991 again where Bush and Clinton would cruise to win their party's nomination and eventually Hillary Clinton would become first Madame President. In my opinion, that would still be the case (Hillary becoming president) but the path looks much more curved than straight line. Of course that makes this election season very interesting. Anytime I put on CNN, they are only talking about primary elections - as if nothing else is happening in world (and CNN calls itself as world news headquarters!) Similar to elections, markets are also becoming very unpredictable with hundred points move on DOW becoming norm. Banks, energy, new high-tech (like LinkedIn, Yelp, Twitter and so on), commodities, Chinese markets all of these are predictably going down. Currencies are doing exact opposite of what central banks

Welcome to Bay Area for Super Bowl 50. This much awaited yearly show is in town and just 3 miles from where I work (@Cisco). In fact it is so near of Cisco's campus that Cisco's parking lots could be used to park cars and walk. It's great to have such a major event in heart of Silicon Valley. Last week we went to SFO to enjoy the excitement. Tomorrow we would enjoy the show at one of our friends place (tickets are not available and affordable with lowest ticket price of $3000 if you could get it). By some estimates, Super Bowl would boost Bay Area economy by nearly $800 Million. Nice sum of change when tech industry seems to be losing some ground (especially when high-fliers like LNKD and DATA crash by over 45% in one day). Given it's February and longest political show on earth is about to get into high-hear,  it's time for some predictions Carolina Panthers would win Super Bowl 50 (even thoughjwin by Denver Broncos would capstone Peyton Manning's illustra